Julie
These two chapters were more genealogies and descendants. However, these ones were a little more detailed and included places that they lived and other tribes that they might have been at war with.
The righteous will be saved and the evildoers will get what is coming to them. It's a reminder that even in hard times and when it seems like evil has taken over, that if we stay the course and continue to trust and follow God we will be saved.
Michelle
This seems to be an accounting of what each clan received as far as land and where they lived along with their genealogies. The devotional attached to chapter 5 talks about the battle from verse 20 in which they called out to God and he answered their prayers. It talks about how life is more of a battlefield than a playground. We face enemies constantly, even those we cannot see. We fight battles against ourselves such as, anxiety, depression, insecurity; and we fight against things of this world such as materialism, greed, addiction, violence, prejudice. The list goes on. But is says we are called to do battle with evil by putting on the armor of God in God's army. Our secret weapon is prayer to God. Asking for help and trusting him to hear our prayers. It all goes back to trust and faith in God.
This psalm is a longer one. The devotional attached to this one explains it well. It says that in this psalm he is faced with a situation when he saw his enemies prosper while he suffered. So he turned his focus to God. These are the things he did to find peace in the midst of his injustice: Trust in the Lord, do good, dwell in the land (don't run away), take delight in the Lord, commit your way to the Lord, and Be still before the Lord.
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